M.A.D.S. – Brain Cake

This winter I take part of the great exhibition “Brain Cake” organized by the M.A.D.S. gallery in Barcelona.

28 December 2022 – ART GALLERY – BRAIN CAKE – MEDIATOR ADVISOR DEALER SEEKER – INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION – Barcelona Spain – Opening GAUDI ROOM – Casa Milà La Pedrera

“Brain Cake – International Art Exhibition” is a major MADS event held at the renowned Casa Milà, La Pedrera, one of the best known works by Antoni Gaudí, an exclusive space in Barcelona and an international icon in the world. Entering the Pedrera means entering Gaudí’s particular universe, a world full of fantasy and impossible shapes that leaves all its visitors impressed. La Pedrera is a work of art inside and out, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and today an important cultural center that radiates creation and knowledge. The perfect space to create a sensorial, unique, welcoming event that surprises the participants and gives life to an unforgettable experience.

The concept of the exhibition can be summarized in the following words :

How many ingredients are needed to make a cake? Baking time, the consistency of the dough, the right ingredients, all of which are needed for the final product or perhaps just to satisfy an initial desire. What does the desire to make a cake and the will to do so imply?

Conceptually, the cake has always been an object linked to transgression of normality, a moment of escape and surprise in which to reward oneself or just give in to the allure of vanity. It would be curious at this point to create stitches or links with art.

The processes underlying the creation of a cake may be similar to those underlying the act of art. The desire to escape and to transgress the normal flow of life underpins artistic inspiration and its development. The brain becomes the symbol of union between cake and art. The ingredients are the tools, the greedy desire for freedom and escape, the consumption of the meal, the enjoyment and satisfaction of the end result …

M.A.D.S. website

Art Curator Art curator Federica D’Avanzo said about NiQo :

For him, making art means opening the door to the otherworldly dimension, to the deepest emotions and the most instinctive part of the human being. In the moment of painting, he finds a fulfillment of his aspiration and achieves a noble place that allows him to live in accordance with his own nature. His paintings have an abstract aspect and rely on the use of geometry as an ally of nature and archetypal thought. …

Federica D’Avanzo